New Media and Society
SSCI-ISI SCOPUS (1999-2023)
1461-4448
1461-7315
Anh Quốc
Cơ quản chủ quản: SAGE Publications Ltd
Lĩnh vực:
Sociology and Political ScienceCommunication
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Connection strategies: Social capital implications of Facebook-enabled communication practices This study assesses whether Facebook users have different ‘connection strategies,’ a term which describes a suite of Facebook-related relational communication activities, and explores the relationship between these connection strategies and social capital. Survey data ( N = 450) from a random sample of undergraduate students reveal that only social information-seeking behaviors contribute... ...
Tập 13 Số 6 - Trang 873-892 - 2011
Reconsidering Political and Popular Understandings of the Digital Divide This article presents a theoretical examination of the digital divide, tracing its origins in the centre–Left social inclusion policy agenda of the 1980s and 1990s to its current status of political ‘hot topic’. It then moves on to outline four conceptual limitations to conventional dichotomous notions of the digital divide and individuals’ ‘access’ to information and communications techn... ...
Tập 6 Số 3 - Trang 341-362 - 2004
Gradations in digital inclusion: children, young people and the digital divideLittle academic and policy attention has addressed the `digital divide' among children and young people. This article analyses findings from a national survey of UK 9—19-year-olds that reveal inequalities by age, gender and socioeconomic status in relation to their quality of access to and use of the internet. Since both the extent of use and the reasons for low- and non-use of the interne... ...
Tập 9 Số 4 - Trang 671-696 - 2007
Seeing without knowing: Limitations of the transparency ideal and its application to algorithmic accountability Models for understanding and holding systems accountable have long rested upon ideals and logics of transparency. Being able to see a system is sometimes equated with being able to know how it works and govern it—a pattern that recurs in recent work about transparency and computational systems. But can “black boxes’ ever be opened, and if so, would that ever be sufficient? In this article... ...
Tập 20 Số 3 - Trang 973-989 - 2018
The virtual geographies of social networks: a comparative analysis of Facebook, LinkedIn and ASmallWorld This study provided a comparative analysis of three social network sites, the open-to-all Facebook, the professionally oriented LinkedIn and the exclusive, members-only ASmallWorld.The analysis focused on the underlying structure or architecture of these sites, on the premise that it may set the tone for particular types of interaction.Through this comparative examination, four themes eme... ...
Tập 11 Số 1-2 - Trang 199-220 - 2009
Norms of online expressions of emotion: Comparing Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp The main aim of this study was to examine the norms of expressing emotions on social media. Specifically, the perceived appropriateness (i.e. injunctive norms) of expressing six discrete emotions (i.e. sadness, anger, disappointment, worry, joy, and pride) was investigated across four different social media platforms. Drawing on data collected in March 2016 among 1201 young Dutch users (1... ...
Tập 20 Số 5 - Trang 1813-1831 - 2018
Mobile phone parenting: Reconfiguring relationships between Filipina migrant mothers and their left-behind children The Philippines is an intensely migrant society with an annual migration of one million people, leading to over a tenth of the population working abroad. Many of these emigrants are mothers who often have children left behind. Family separation is now recognized as one of the social costs of migration affecting the global south. Relationships within such transnational families depend on l... ...
Tập 13 Số 3 - Trang 457-470 - 2011
#BoPo on Instagram: An experimental investigation of the effects of viewing body positive content on young women’s mood and body image Body-positive content on social media aims to challenge mainstream beauty ideals and encourage acceptance and appreciation of all body types. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of viewing body-positive Instagram posts on young women’s mood and body image. Participants were 195 young women (18–30 years old) who were randomly allocated to view either body-positive, thin-ideal... ...
Tập 21 Số 7 - Trang 1546-1564 - 2019
Facebook: A literature review This article provides a critical review of scientific, peer reviewed, articles on Facebook between 2006 and 2012. The review shows that while there are yet numerous articles on various aspects of the social network site, there are still many gaps to be filled. Also, due to the limited scope of many articles (in sample sizes as well as in the number of countries included in the studies) an... ...
Tập 15 Số 6 - Trang 982-1002 - 2013
Mobile phone distraction while studying The mobile phone is a breakthrough advance for human communication. But with the plethora of choices available via smartphone, individuals who are deficient in self-regulation or with a propensity for addiction may face challenges in managing these choices strategically. To examine this potential dysfunctional aspect, we examined the effect of multitasking when studying or doing homework ... ...
Tập 17 Số 10 - Trang 1661-1679 - 2015